Orders, Decorations, Medals and Militaria

The 1914-15 Star awarded to Lieutenant H. A. Hodges, Monmouthshire Regiment, an all-round sportsman who played First Class Cricket for Nottinghamshire and was capped twice by England for Rugby Union playing against Wales and Ireland in the 1906 Home Nations Championship; he was twice mentioned in despatches and was killed in action in March 1918

1914-15 Star (Lieut. H. A. Hodges. Monmouth. R.) extremely fine £300-£400

Harold Augustus Hodges was born at The Priory, Mansfield Woodhouse, Nottinghamshire, on 22 January 1886, the son of William A. Hodges, J.P. and Augusta Hodges of 'Oaklands', Bromley Park, Kent. He was educated at Roclareston School and from January 1899, Sedbergh School. He entered Trinity College, Oxford, in 1905, and following university he studied at the Sorbonne, Paris, for a short period before joining Tonbridge school as a master in September 1909. He played Rugby Union for England and Oxford University (Blue); Lacrosse for Oxford University (Blue), and also played for Nottinghamshire County Cricket Club (1911).



He served in France with the 3rd Battalion, Monmouthshire Regiment, attached 11th Battalion, South Lancashire Regiment. He was twice mentioned in Despatches (25 May and 24 December, 1917) and was promoted to Captain. He was reported missing believed killed on 24 March 1918, but his death was not confirmed until the following October, when it was reported that 'On the night of 22 March 1918, he entered a small factory on a road between Ham and Eppeville, hoping to make contact with a British battalion. He instead encountered enemy troops and was shot dead.’ He is buried in Roye New British Cemetery.